Toronto-listed partners Cumberland Resources, Comaplex Minerals and Manson Creek Resources report that additional sampling has returned encouraging values on three prospects found on their Parker Lake project, 60 miles west of Rankin Inlet, N.W.T.
Cumberland holds a half interest in the project, with Manson and Comaplex sharing the remaining interest equally.
Additional sampling on the Suluk nickel-copper-cobalt prospect has extended the known length of the mineralized showing to 2,100 from 1,800 ft. Eleven samples taken over an 1,800-ft. length of the showing averaged 3.9% nickel, 2.81% copper and 0.167% cobalt.
Sample 3674 returned values of 4.74% nickel, 1.88% copper and 0.186% cobalt, while sample 3673, taken 300 ft. beyond the known extent of the zone, assayed 0.63% nickel, 1.1% copper and 0.75% cobalt.
In addition, a ground geophysical survey showed that the Suluk prospect is coincident with a 2,600-ft.-long electromagnetic conductor.
Elsewhere at the Sandhill prospect, trenching and sampling from the area 2 km northeast of the Suluk returned significant base metal values. Chip sample assays included values of 4.71% zinc and 0.68% copper, plus 0.7 oz. silver per ton, over 2 ft. Meanwhile, grab samples taken from nearby glacial erratics assayed up to 2.05% zinc and 1.89% copper plus 8.15 oz. silver, as well as 16.24% zinc and 0.85% copper plus 0.11 oz. silver.
About 1 mile northeast of Suluk, the Thirsty Lake Diamond dyke has been mapped; it measures 2,000 ft. in length and up to 5 ft. in width. A 1,146-kg bulk sample, taken earlier this year, was analyzed for macrodiamonds, and two stones measuring 1.4 and 2.9 mm were recovered. The partners have also defined larger diamond-bearing structures, details of which are being compiled.
Airborne and ground geophysical surveys are planned for next season.
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